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Writing a good CV takes time – this is your opportunity to sell yourself and shows the hiring manager you are the best person for the job.

• Include your personal details – name, address, phone number and email. People often forget them! Do not include your age or a photograph unless specifically asked to do so.
• Add a profile – Tell the hiring manager who you are.
• When you write your employment history and education details put your most recent achievements first.
• You can sound professional without using jargon.  Remember that the person looking at your CV might not be an expert in your field.
• Use ‘doing’ words on your CV such as ‘developed’ or ‘organised’. This makes you sounds active and not passive.
• Don’t talk about your social life unless your activities display an important skill such as leadership or teamwork.
• Most importantly, proofread your CV. There should be no spelling, punctuation or grammar errors: unprofessional CVs are rejected.

Don’t forget to use a covering letter and make sure you tailor this to the job you are applying for.

With nearly 70% of those businesses asked citing digital innovation as vitally important to their company, the actual investment in digital technology was significantly lower than the national average, with only 11% saying they would consider themselves forerunners of cutting-edge technology, while 37% would rather wait and see tangible results before investing.

What does this mean for North East England?

According to KPMG we could end up with a two-tier system where those who are ready and willing to invest in new technology forge new business across their selected markets,whilst their competition is left behind. With the range of technology and digital companies increasing in the North East, the fact companies are looking to invest digitally and see the importance of innovation for future strategy is vital to the continuation of the exponential growth within this sector across the region.

As one of the North East’s leading recruitment consultancies, GLM Business Support Ltd are always looking for innovative and creative solutions to everyday recruitment and personnel services.

To find out what sets us apart from our competition and discuss how we can assist you with your recruitment needs, please contact us, email gillian@glmbusinesssupport.co.uk or call 07557 344027 to speak to a dedicated independent recruitment consultant.

Generally people spend a good portion of their time doing a regular occupation. Some exceptions are being a student, disabled, retired or being/working in a creative field.

Types of job

There are a variety of jobs: full time, part time, temporary, odd jobs, seasonal, self-employment.
People may have a chosen occupation for which they have received training or a degree.
Those who do not hold down a steady job may do odd jobs or be unemployed.
Moonlighting is the practice of holding an additional job or jobs, often at night, in addition to one’s main job, usually to earn extra income. A person who moonlights may have little time left for sleep or leisure activities.

Day job

The expression day job is often used for a job one works in to make ends meet while performing low-paying (or non-paying) work in their preferred vocation. Archetypical examples of this are the woman who works as a waitress (her day job) while she tries to become an actress, and the professional athlete who works as a laborer in the off season because he is currently only able to make the roster of a semi-professional team.
While many people do hold a full-time occupation, “day job” specifically refers to those who hold the position solely to pay living expenses so they can pursue, through low paying entry work, the job they really want (which may also be during the day). The phrase strongly implies that the day job would be quit, if only the real vocation paid a living wage.

Notable figures who had day jobs include the Wright brothers, who held full-time employment as bicycle repairmen while they experimented on powered flights.

The phrase “don’t quit your day job” is a humorous response to a poor or mediocre performance not up to professional caliber. The phrase implies that the performer is not talented enough in that activity to be able to make a career out of it. Getting a job Further information: Job hunting and Employment

Getting a first job is an important rite of passage in many cultures. Youth may start by doing household work, odd jobs, or working for a family business. In many countries, school children get summer jobs during the longer summer vacation. Students enrolled in higher education can apply for internships.
Résumés summarize a person’s education and job experience for potential employers. Employers read job candidate résumés to decide who to interview for an open position.

Use of the word

Labourers often talk of “getting a job”, or “having a job”. This conceptual metaphor of a “job” as a possession has led to its use in slogans such as “money for jobs, not bombs”. Similar conceptions are that of “land” as a possession (real estate) or intellectual rights as a possession (intellectual property).

The Online Etymology Dictionary explains that the origin of “job” is from the obsolete phrase “jobbe of work” in the sense of “piece of work”, and most dictionaries list the Middle English “gobbe” meaning “lump” (gob) as the origin of “jobbe”. Attempts to link the word to the biblical character Job seem to be folk etymology